From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2007-04-21T00:30:05+09:00
Subject: Re: splitting a string into words using multiple possible separators

On 20.04.2007 17:05, Doan, Alex wrote:
> Perhap:
>>> string = 'my uncle, jumped    over;
> 
> the moon'
> 
> a = string.scan(/\b\w+/)
> ["my", "uncle", "jumped", "over", "the", "moon"] 

Or

irb(main):001:0> string = 'my uncle, jumped    over; the moon'
=> "my uncle, jumped    over; the moon"
irb(main):002:0> string.scan /\w+/
=> ["my", "uncle", "jumped", "over", "the", "moon"]
irb(main):003:0> string.split /\W+/
=> ["my", "uncle", "jumped", "over", "the", "moon"]

Kind regards

	robert